Orchidaceae

Myrmecophila Rolfe

First published in Orchid Rev. 25: 50 (1917)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Venezuela, W. & S. Caribbean.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Plants robust, usually caespitose, epiphytic, terrestrial or lithophytic herbs with tough, usually ridged, usually conical, hollow pseudobulbs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2–4, leathery or fleshy, stiff, sessile, oblong, elliptic to elliptic-ovate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal, erect; peduncle elongate, bracteate; racemes, or rarely panicles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers generally large, showy, resupinate; sepals free, often longer and wider than petals, otherwise similar, margins often undulate; lip free or slightly connate with the base of the column, trilobed, rarely simple, disc with several undulate lamellae or raised veins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column often parallel with the labellum, stigma entire, pollinia hard, ovoid or laterally compressed, 8 in 2 equal sets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsules pendent, large.
Distribution
A genus of approximately 8 species of the Greater Antilles, Mexico, C. America and Venezuela.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0